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thats what i did to so far so good!!

 

i just had my rear rotors and pads replaced under warrenty at 9000 miles. i am ver happ i just got my car home. But who ever took my car out for a test took it for 10 miles and drove ity hard as ****. the dealership is in a small town of bel air. 10 miles is alot and i am just pissed cuz they drove my car hard as ****, they used quite a bit of my gas and my mpg went down 1.3. and thats over 3 months of not resetting so i know they wer on it. now thier ass is mine.

 

i have about 5500 miles on my 09 ss/tc and i have noticed some squeaking coming from the rear brakes lately. it has been cold and raining latley so i havent had a chance to have my husband look at the brakes. does anyone else have problems with rust and heavy brake dust? i notice on my wheels sometimes there will be rust and tons of brake dust.

 

rust after a rain or in a humid environment is normal as is heavy brake dust

 

Yes, rust & brake dust are normal in rain or humid environments. I have more rust & dust on the front rotors in the rain. The first few stops will squeal, but it should go away after that for the day. However, be sure to have your husband look at the INSIDE rear rotors for scoring.

Bill Dayton
95 Corvette - Brakes last forever
09 Cobalt SS - Rear rotors turned at 4600 miles, pads & rotors replaced and slide pins lubed at 8000 miles, no wear showing at 10,000 miles.

 

27000 k pads and rotors are fine no problems

 

HOLY HELL MAN!!!! I thought I was one of the lucky few that got away with this problem cause when i looked at the outside of my rear rotors they looked a little warn, but nothing too crazy...but now that I've seen the inside DAYUM!!! This **** is going right to the dealer on Friday! (4800) miles....I've gatta say this is BS!

 

new rotors and pads are on their way... soo this will make it a new set of both front and back each under warranty....UGH I just want to drive it! Thats it!

 

At least you're getting it done for free. Unfortunately, they will probably put the same kind of pads back on.

 

i have 10,400 miles on my car and will be getting new pads and rotors next week. dealer told me there is a new TSB out and there is a mileage cut-off for the rear brakes to be replace now

 

did he mention what/when that cut off is?

 

Well I didn't go through the whole thread but I'm gonna be pretty close to the quickest rotor wear ever. I only have 1061 miles on my car and can feel multiple grooves on both sides of both rear rotors. WTF!!!

 

The grooves are normal. They don't necessarily mean that you are wearing the inside pad down to nothing. I would recommend that anyone with a new 'Balt SS/TC immediately replace the rear pads with some other brand.

 

why are the grooves normal tho because the front rotors are completely smooth. Is it the pad quality or the way the rear pads wear that causes the rotors to become grooved?

 

took my car to dealership today, had some things worked on and looked at including my rear brakes they said that they sanded them and applied a silence grease to them. my car is under 6000 miles and they started squeaking at about 4500. planning on getting new rotors and brakes next yr

 

no, but i think it is 10,000 miles. that is just my thought based on what he said to me

 

^^^^^^^ what dealer said that!?? I'm in Delaware County, PA

 

reedman toll

 

took my car in the other day to have the clutch looked at the E brake the sunroof and the rear brakes. they said that they sanded the brakes and applied silencer lube to the pads only for them to start squeaking 3 again 3 days later. it started at about 5000 miles. i'm about ready to take the car back and say thanks but no thanks. i had to many problems out of my 06 SS and swore i wouldnt do it again with this new car.

 

I went today to get my rear breaks looked at today at the dealership. I have enjoyed are dealership and they have been kinda helpful. So they said they cant do any thing about it and thats how it works. They are so loud and have atlest groves on the inside .03. They gave me 2 papers saying how they cant do any thing. I was like it would of been quicker to just fix them then get all the paper work.

This is why Chevy is going down hill they dont care about there cars or the people driving them.

I am 20 years old and I bought this car mainly because its a chevy! and I wanted to buy the 2010 2500HD but today I told them because of this 100$ break problem They are going to lose me. I will never buy a chevy agian.

They also could not change my oil life to 100% they said I have to deal with it. So now it says change oil soon all the time.FML

I am going to write in the sunday paper about how ****@ty they are and how they treated me.

I dont get why chevy would want a 2009 drive on the road and sound like $hit. That makes people not want to buy them. O well I am going to go to another dealership to get this fixed.

 

Alright the comment about the oil makes me think you should never go there again.

Put the key in the run position.
Then press and hold the info and reset button at the same time.

Then scroll to oil life and reset it.

Method 2. Not sure if this still works, turn the key in the run position and pump the gas peddle 3 times.

 

Thanks yea I have driven 100 miles with an oil change and just got it reset.

Thanks again umrdyldo that was easy idk if I should let the dealership know how

Yea I am going tomorrow to another dealership......you would think dealerships would be nice and do what you want because there is so many out to compete with.

 

Same problem here ... dealer said the pads were in perfect condition .. which confirms what I've seen as well

 

My rear rotors and pads are shot at 16k miles. I took it into the dealership and they looked at it but told me that no service bulletins has been put out and that they couldn't find a defect - lol.

I printed off the NHTSA complaint reports about the rear brakes for both 08 and 09 models. They said that the internet couldn't be a reliable source of information.

They are going to replace both the rotors and pads as an act of goodwill since I bought the car from the dealership. Now I have to wait probably 2 weeks for the parts to come in.

I just can't believe that GM is trying to cover this up. This is a known issue within the Cobalt community.

Print off the NHTSA complaint reports for the rear brake problems on the 08 and 09 SS.
I took that to my dealership and they gave me a little bit of crap at first, but I made it known I'm not going to pay them to have any rear brake work done.
Talk to somebody higher up at the dealership. Show them reports of other owners having problems.

 

Well I went to another dealership today and loved it. I went to a small chevy dealership and told them about my rear breaks and how almost everyone is haveing a problem. After waiting for 30mins to see if they could do anything about it they told me the same thing all the other dealerships say sorry we cant do anything about it. I asked to talk to the head guy he looked at my rotors and said hey we cant buy you new ones but we can fix them.....they turned them took another hour and bang there fixed.
So it took an hour and a half and they fixed it for free....I hope this is the last time I have a problem with my breaks.
Because I went to a smaller dealership they let me walk around and look under my car.

If you guys are having a hard time getting them fixed I would try a smaller dealership....I had to drive 30 mins.


Also they said that the rear complaint reports cant help